15% and First Form

After a few minutes of just chatting with Ganyu and Noelle, I received a call from Lisa.

//Moshi moshi~//

//What?// she asked in a confused voice.

//Ah, sorry. So, are you ready?//

//Of course I am Cutie. Take me~//

//I'll make sure of that soon~//

//Promise?//

//Promise.//

After hanging up the call, I asked the girls if they wanted to come with me and they gladly accepted. I told them to get ready and take what they want to bring since we'll stay there for more than a few hours.

When they were finished on getting ready, we all went down to the lobby and met up with Lisa. After that, I warped us all to my Domain. They were all in awe of what I did to the place. It is now a big rectangular platform that is surrounded by a circular wall with some pillars. There was a large gate in front of us that leads to an open space that I plan on using for other stuff in the future.

"Wow, this is a Domain?" said Ganyu.

"Yeah, it's so beautiful…" said Noelle.

"Why thank you."

I told them to get as far away as possible from me since I'll be using my flames. I took a deep breath and released about 15% of the power of the flames. I was instantly engulfed in purple flames. The ground beneath me was burnt a bit. Seriously, this place is quite durable. I made the flames dissipate and looked at Lisa and the others.

"That was a bit of the power of my flames. Any more and you all would have gotten hurt. That was enough to see how powerful it was though. Right, Lisa?"

"..." they were all unresponsive.

"Lisa? Girls? Hey, are you all okay!?"

I warped in front of them and shook them gently. They looked horrified to say the least. Well, they did snap out of it when I shook them.

"What happened!?"

"When you were engulfed in flames… we panicked. And when we were just about to take a step forward… the flames above you took on the form of a dragon that glared at us… as if it wanted to devour and kill us…" said Noelle.

Ganyu was a little less horrified. Well, I guess she's seen things that are far worse than that. Lisa looked like she was both curious and horrified. Dammit… I shouldn't have done this after all.

"Let's go back…"

"No!" they all said in unison.

"You came here to get the hang of that power, right? Then that's what we will do. If you get the hang of that power, it will be a very powerful card against difficult enemies." said Ganyu.

"Fair point, but if I make you three horrified again, we're going back."

"Mhm." they all nodded.

With that, we started my control training. Well, 15% control training to be precise. The only reason I'm using 15% is that I know that if I went all out, this whole place will be destroyed and I'll seriously injure the girls. I could have just gone here on my own and gone all out, since this place regenerates even if it's destroyed. However, I needed a guide this time. And what better guide could I get than a mage.

Anyways, after about two hours, I got the hang of it. The training was pretty dull for the most part. Even the girls admitted it. Well, it was my fault for not using at least 20%. They girls were bored and Lisa was tired so I warped them back to the hotel. Well, now that Noelle and Ganyu aren't here, I should train my breathing technique. I began by performing the first form.

'Corruption Breathing First Form: Slash'

I performed a powerful vertical slash that released purple flames. The flame slash cut everything in its way in half and only stopped once it was 15 meters away from me.

"What the hell… did my flames fuse with my breathing technique?"

I was just about to try it again when I suddenly felt pain all over my body. I fell to my knees and was out of breath. What the hell? I used the same amount of power as last time, but this is ten times more painful. Damnit, it feels like I have cramps all over my body. I decided to just lay down on the floor until I recover a bit.

"..."

This floor is surprisingly comfy. What the hell? At this rate I'll fall asleep… Hell no! I need to train this thing. I've been having this bad feeling that something is about to happen. I need to be ready at any time… I still need to recover from this pain though…

After a few minutes, the pain was still there but I can now move. I kept performing the first form over and over for two hours. The pain was getting less and less as I kept using it. That's when I noticed it. It was past lunch time. I was worried that the girls might have been calling me or messaging me this whole time and I just didn't notice. Luckily though, that wasn't the case.

I warped back to our hotel room and saw that Lisa, Ganyu, and Noelle were sleeping on the bed. I guess Lisa was so tired that she fell asleep and the girls were so bored that they fell asleep. With their personalities, I expected this much from Lisa. With Ganyu and Noelle, I expected them to find something to do, but I guess they wanted a break from all the work yesterday.

I went down to the cafeteria to eat and get food for the girls. Once I got there, I saw Kaeya and Albedo. I haven't hung out with these two lately. I guess it's time to hang out with the boys. I walked over to them.

"Yo!"

"Oh, hello there Aether." said Albedo.

"Long time no talk huh." said Kaeya.

I sat next to them and told the waiter my order. After that, we chatted to catch up on some things. After a bit, my food arrived and we continued to chat. I'll tell the waiter later about the girl's food after I finished eating. I was trying to avoid the topic of my new abilities since they might panic a bit. I'll just tell it to Albedo later and he can tell it to the others.